On April 20, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Grizzlies played the Timberwolves at home, an unexpected injury occurred on the third quarter, Morant's thigh was hit, one knee covered the thigh was very painful, sat back on the bench, and then returned to the locker room, fortunately the injury was not hindered, and then returned to the sidelines and hot compress treatment.
In the third quarter of 3 minutes and 35 seconds, Morant was hit by Downs in the thigh while defending, and then Morant covered his thigh very painfully, one knee was too uncomfortable; Morant sat back on the bench, a painful expression, after a moment of relief, Morant ran back to the dressing room, hoping that Morant's thigh injury was not hindered, this time, was hit too hard by Downs.
The first quarter was played with only 60 seconds, Morant was put down by Beverley fiercely, Beverley was knocked down by Morante on a dead ball, eating a technical foul; the Grizzlies and Timberwolves played in the first quarter, but the Grizzlies opened up the point difference in the second quarter, and the third quarter of the second half continued to extend the lead, Morantree suddenly cut points; before returning to the locker room, Morant played 25 minutes, 8 of 14 shooting, 4 of 3-pointers, 21 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.
After a while, Morant walked back to the Grizzlies bench, wrapped in a hot pad on his thigh, hot compresses on his thigh, ready to play again; the Grizzlies led the Timberwolves by 19 points at 96-77 in the third quarter, leading by 27 points at most; the Grizzlies won well, and Towns made 5 fouls and Edwards made 4 fouls.